By KTAR.com | March 20, 2017 at 10:44 amUPDATED: March 20, 2017 at 12:50 pm

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PHOENIX — Several Phoenix-area schools were put on lockdown for a short time Monday while police searched the area for a robbery suspect.

The Chandler and Tempe police departments were searching near Rural Road and Chandler Boulevard for at least one person suspected of robbing a man at gunpoint.

The Kyrene School District said Aprende Middle School, Pueblo Middle School, Brisas Elementary School, Paloma Elementary School, Mirada Elementary School and Kyrene Traditional School were all placed on modified lockdown.

During the modified lockdown, school doors are locked and no one is allowed to enter or leave campus.

The lockdown was in place for about an hour. It was lifted just after 11 a.m.